I actually think the Toodledo forums are reasonably busy, especially compared to the forums of other rival packages. There's a nice community feel here and I appreciate users offering advice to one another as well as developing helpful additions to Toodledo, for instance the new style sheet and the sync tool for Outlook.

I also like the fact that the Toodledo staff seem genuinely interested in user comments and respond quickly.

However, there are two things that could be improved with these forums - the ability to subscribe to topics and have email alerts for new posts. Also the ability to go to the first unread post in a thread, rather than having to scroll down or go to a new page.

Finally, I hate avatars and signatures - childish and pointless in my opinion, so I'm pleased that we don't have them here!

I think they are designed to fit the demographic: pragmatic, efficient, and democratic. Topics that have no interest by the group are left to die. Topics that have interest are quickly and efficiently handled.I would like more people to share best practices, but I figure that will come in time...

Our forums are still very new, but we feel like they have already been a big success. We have received a lot of good ideas that we plan on implementing, and it has helped alot of people get answers to their questions.

Not to mention the Outlook Sync and Alternate Stylesheet that would not have been possible without the forums.

Incidentally, I wanted to mention that you can go directly to the first unread post in a thread. All you need to do is click the orange icon adjacent to the topic's title.

Clearly, certain forums are more popular than others, and I think that is fine. The very fact that you received 5 replies to your question in under 4 hours says something positive about the activity level.